Charles pitschxer



(No Model.)

0. PITSGHNER, Jr.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES PITSOHNER, J R., OF DUBUQUE, IOIVA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,698, dated April'7, 1896.

Serial No. 542,143. (No model.)

T 0 (0M whom it may concern:

Be it known that LCHARLES PITSCHNER, J r. a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cribs; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to cribs, and my invention is also applicableto cots, tables, &c., and among the objects in view is to provide meansof a simple and inexpensive character applicable to cribs, cots, tables,&c., whereby the legs of the same may be firmly locked in their extendedor supporting position, and also when in their closed or foldedposition; and with the above and other ob jects in view my inventionconsists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating myinvention as applied to acrib and showing the legs at one end thereof inan extended or supporting position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing thelegs as closed or folded. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one ofthe arms used upon one side of the crib; Fig. 4, a like view of the armused upon the opposite side of the crib. Fig. 5 is a horizontalsectional view of the parts as seen in Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention I provide an arm A for each leg of thecrib, cot, or table to which the invention is applied. In constructingthe said arms the same are to be adapted for application to andcooperation with its respective leg, and therefore it is necessary tomake the arms in pairs, (or rights and lofts.) In Fig. 3 I show the armadapted for application to the leg B of the crib, while in Fig. 4 I showthe arm that is adapted for application to the leg B opposite the leg13. For the legs at the opposite end of the crib the construction of thesaid arms will of course be duplicated.

Each arm is compoundly curved, as shown, and integral with said arm atone end is an annular boss C, through the bore of which may be passed anail, screw, or rivet D, by which the arm is attached to the crib-frameE, said boss also serving as a seat or bearing for a spring F, which isbent angularly at opposite ends, as seen at G G, the bent end G enteringa socket in the rail of the crib, while the bent end G enters an openingin the arm. The opposite end of the arm is provided with an integralsleeve H, which receives one end of a rod I extending transversely ofthe crib and whose opposite end is secured within the correspondingsleeve of the arm at the opposite side of the crib and applied to theleg B. The rod I therefore serves to connect the opposite arms and adaptthem to be simultaneously operated, as presently described, and theprovision of said rod forms an important feature of my invention.

The legs B Bare joined by rods K L, the former being journaled in theside rails of the crib, and each leg may be provided with casters orrollers M to adapt the crib to be rolled over the floor after the legshave been folded down, as in Fig. 2.

Each of the arms is provided with a curved slot 0, which at one endterminates in an angular portion 0, and within the slot and adapted tomove therein is a pin, stud, or projection P secured to each leg of thecrib.

hen the legs are in the open or extended position seen in Fig. 1, thestuds P of the legs lie within the portions 0 of the slots 0 and therebyare locked or held from folding down against the crib-bottom, the stressof the springs being exerted upon the arms to maintain the lockedrelation of the parts. lVhen, however, it is desired to fold the legs,the person takes hold of the rod I and by pressing downwardlysimultaneously frees the studs from the portions 0 of the slots, afterwhich the legs may be pushed downwardly into the position seen in Fig.2. This folding of the legs will be accelerated by the stress of thesprings, which is here exerted in a direction to bring the arms into theposition seen in Fig. 2. In the folded position of the legs the studslie at the extreme opposite end of the slots, which thus'preventsfurther folding of the legs.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-- T hecombination with a crib-frame, of the TOO pivoted legs, a stud on theouter face of each leg, an arm pivoted at one end to the cribframe andslotted as described to receive the stud, the opposite ends of said armprojecting beyond the outer face of the legs, a boss on the inner end ofeach arm, a sleeve on the said outer projecting end of the arm at theside opposite that upon which the boss is located, a rod seated in thesleeves of the arms and adapting them to be simultaneously operated anda compoundly curved spring having its opposite ends bent angularly andsecured Within the crib-frame and arm respectively and coiled at one endaround the boss of the arm, all arranged substantially as described forthe purpose specified. In testimony whereof I affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses. v

CHAS. PITSCHNER, JR. Vitnesses:

GEO. KOERNER, JOHN KAPP.

